Maxie Mouse Mystery Books in Order

The Maxie Mouse Mysteries trade wide-open prairies for a quirky little Nebraska town that has pinned its civic pride on a giant stuffed field mouse. Melnik is mouse-obsessed in the best possible way, and that offbeat charm sits right beside danger when crime comes to town.

Each story revolves around Maxie—the world’s largest (stuffed) field mouse—and the people whose lives orbit the town’s odd landmark. In Of Mice... and Murder, an unexpected inheritance pulls a woman into running the local attraction and the attached lodging, only for her new venture to be overshadowed by a suspicious death.

Pride and Pestilence ups the ante when strange infestations and vandalism threaten both businesses and reputations. Pest control takes on a broader meaning as neighbors start to wonder whether someone is using their town’s mouse mania as a cover for sabotage.

In The Mice Man Cometh, the legend of Maxie collides with a fresh wave of trouble, and familiar faces have to sort out alibis, motives, and red herrings while still dealing with everyday life, jobs, and church commitments.

The tone across the series stays light and cozy—heavy on humor and town gossip, light on gore—but the stakes are real. These are mysteries about ordinary believers learning to be brave, honest, and forgiving in a place where everybody knows your business and the big tourist draw happens to have whiskers and a tail.